I had meant to write something wildly insightful about Gordon Brown’s visit to the U.S. and his rather good speech at the Kennedy Library on world order – a distinct improvement in terms of both intellectual clarity and phrasing on his previous outings on the subject in London and Delhi. But then Daniel Korski has put out an effective little piece suggesting that the whole edifice may be built on sand – and New York magazine serves up this photo from the Security Council under the headline “European’s Vacation”. Which is pretty much all you need. While everyone has gone on about how the PM was overshadowed by the Pope (true enough) the real problem is the Pennsylvania Primary next week – that’s real politics.
